Indiana BMV admits it overcharged on more fees, will issue credits

12:53 AM,
Sep. 28, 2013

Fresh off an embarrassing decision to credit millions of Hoosier drivers $3.50 for overcharges of driver's license fees, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles today said a resulting review of other fees turned up others that routinely have been overcharged.

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Over the summer, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles sheepishly admitted that for years it had been charging millions of Hoosiers $3.50 too much for driver's licenses.

Turns out, that overcharge was just the tip of the iceberg.

On Friday afternoon, the BMV quietly announced through a news release that it has identified many other fees that were set higher than allowed by state law. So it is lowering those fees and issuing credits that can be claimed the next time customers do business with the agency. ...